Stories: Security
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These Colombian women built their own city to escape violence. But peace is still elusive.
A decade ago, unknown arsonists burned down a community center in northern Colombia where children were schooled and recreational activities were held. The center was empty. The effort, it appeared, was to intimidate the women who had just moved into the neighborhood. Within a year, the center bounced back, rebuilt by resilient women who would not be driven away...
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‘Our Future Will Be Violent Extremism’
AKTOBE, Kazakhstan — A quiet Sunday morning came to an end on June 5, 2016, as 27-year-old Dmitry Tanatarov led a group of 25 young men in what would become Kazakhstan’s largest terrorist attack ever. The group, whose ages ranged from 17 to 28, moved quickly down a dusty street in downtown Aktobe, an oil city in northwestern Kazakhstan, and seized weapons from...
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The Abbottabad Commission: What Pakistan Must Learn After the bin Laden Raid Read more: The Abbotta
In 1971, Pakistan suffered its worst military defeat to India. The war led to the creation of an independent Bangladesh — what had been East Pakistan, separated from the western wing by a thousand miles of Indian territory, and home to half the country’s population. In what remained of Pakistan, the humiliation prompted furious questions about the cruelties...
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After Obama’s Speech on Drones, CIA Allegedly Kills Pakistani Taliban Commander
Less than a week after President Barack Obama’s speech marking a policy shift on the use of drones, the CIA broke its weeks-long hiatus with a drone attack in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal area. The target of the attack, according to reports, was Wali-ur-Rehman, a leader of the PakistaniTaliban. The alleged strike signals...